i was almost finished with the srp for the day. i had just had one more station to go through i think i was probably 3rd or 4th person in line to get my final screening done for the day. >> since i was finished i didn't have anything to hi think about or focus on to do next i was just waiting. i was kind of falling asleep in the chair just relaxing. >> at approximately 1:30 p.m. their world would change forever. >> that's when somebody walked into the medical clinic and yelled allah akbar and everybody in the building probably heard it and started shooting. >> all of a sudden pretty much lost hearing in my ears and it was bang bang, bang constant. and then as soon as i opened my eyes and looked up everybody was on the ground. >> got hit in the chest. you know, i couldn't image that this was going on and thatought that maybe for a second i thought it might be some sort of a training thing. >> the staff sergeant sitting across from me he was on the ground his left shoulder was limp. reiched down toward him to grab him and when i was

>> in 2009, i mean i was sitting in the srp building in the medical center. i was getting ready to go to the medical processing and all of a sudden i heard someone yell "allah akbar" and i saw him shooting and was hit in the chest. i went to the then he shot me another five times before i was able to get to safety. >> and sargent lunsford was there an instinct to look for your firearm? tell us about that. >> well it's just instinct. we did not have. to prevent this from happening again we need to arm our military personnel in facilities they're working in. especially when in uniform so that at least we'll be able to fight back against a threat that is presented before us. >> and sargent manning you were trained to use a firearm. did you want to have it on you? >> absolutely. i mean it ran through my head so many times, if only we had a way to defend ourselves other than chairs and trying to take down the shooter which people lost their lives in doing so. maybe that won't have been so bad, i think if a few people were armed. and makes more sense to not soldier

. >> obviously in 2009, i mean, i was sitting in the srp bidding in the medical center. i was getting ready to go to the medical processing. all of a sudden i heard someone yell. i look up and saw him shooting his weapon. immediately i was hit in the chest. went to the ground and then i was shot another five times before i was able to get out of the building and get to safety. >> and sergeant luns ford, when you were shot, was there instinct to look for your firearm? did you reach for it? tell us about that. >> well, instantously, that's instinct to reach for a firearm which we did not have. i think to miscreate this from happening again, we need to arm military personnel in the facilities they're working in, especially in duty uniforms. so at least we'll be able to fight back against a threat presented before us. >> and sergeant manning, you were trained to use your firearm. did you look for your firearm and want to have it on you? >> absolutely. it ran through my head so many times. if only we had a weapon or some way to defend ourselves trying to take down the shooter

. >> in 2009 i was sitting in the srp building in the medical center.ng ready to to medical process. i heard someone yell allah akbar and i saw him shooting his weapon and was hit in the chest, went to the ground and then hassanhass n shot me another five times before i was able to get to safety. >> did you look for your firearm? tell us about that. >> well instance tanstaneously, that's just instinct to reach for our firearm, which we didn't have. i think to arm all personnel at the military facility they're working on. especially when they're in a duty uniform. so at least we'll be able to fight back against a threat that's presented before us. >> sergeant manning, did you look for your firearm? >> absolutely it ran through my head so many times. after the shooting, you know if only we'd had a weapon or some way to defend ourselves other than chairs and trying to take down shooter which, you know, people lost their lives in doing so. maybe that wouldn't have happened. i mean i'm sure people still would have been shot but the casualties wouldn't have b